OUTCALL ENTERTAINMENT REFERRAL SERVICE BUSINESSES

Las Vegas Municipal Code tit. 6, ch. 6.57

in effect

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.57.010 Intent of chapter.

6.57.010 - Intent of chapter. The City Council declares that this chapter is intended to: (A) Regulate outcall entertainment referral service businesses by curtailing prostitution under the guise of entertainment without de facto prohibiting or curtailing protected expression; and (B) Represent a balance between the legitimate ends of the community by: (1) Imposing an incidental, content-neutral time, place and manner regulation on outcall entertainment referral businesses without limiting alternative avenues of communication; and (2) Requiring outcall entertainment referral service businesses to carry their fair financial share of law enforcement activities related to outcall entertainment. (Ord. 3632 §§ 1 (part), 2, 1992)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.57.020 Findings—General compliance.

6.57.020 - Findings—General compliance. The City Council finds that outcall entertainment referral service businesses seriously affect the economic, social and moral well-being of the City and its residents; that such businesses must be strictly regulated for the welfare of the public; and that such businesses must therefore comply with Chapter 6.06 of this Code. (Ord. 3632 §§ 1 (part), 3, 1992)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.57.030 Definitions.

6.57.030 - Definitions. As used in this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words shall have the meaning ascribed to them as follows: (A) "Entertainment location" means a hotel or motel guest room, or the guest room of any other public lodging accommodation including recreational vehicle parking facilities. (B) "Manager" means the person who administers, oversees or supervises the day-to-day operation of an outcall entertainment referral service and who acts as the licensee's agent. (C) "Outcall entertainer" means a natural person who is employed by and who is sent or referred to an entertainment location by an outcall entertainment referral service to entertain a patron at the entertainment location. (D) "Outcall entertainment" means a visit by an outcall entertainer at an entertainment location in response to a telephone or other request to entertain a patron at the entertainment location. (E) "Outcall entertainment referral service" means a business which for a fee sends or refers an entertainer to an entertainment location in response to a telephone or other request to entertain a patron at the entertainment location. (F) "Patron" means a person who requests an entertainer to entertain at an entertainment location and who either pays or agrees to pay the fee of the outcall entertainment referral service. "Patron" includes a person who is entertained by an outcall entertainer at an entertainment location. (G) "Police department" means the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. (Ord. 3632 §§ 1 (part), 4, 1992)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.57.040 License—Required.

6.57.040 - License—Required. No person shall engage in the business of outcall entertainment referral service without first obtaining and thereafter maintaining a valid unexpired license pursuant to this Chapter and this Code. (Ord. 3632 §§ 1 (part), 6, 1992)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.57.050 License—Application—Investigation.

6.57.050 - License—Application—Investigation. (A) Application. (1) Any person who is required by the provisions of this Chapter to obtain a license must apply for such license at the Department and pay an investigation fee pursuant to the provisions of LVMC 6.06. (2) The application must be made upon forms provided by the Department and set forth the information required. (3) A post office box address is unacceptable as a street address on an application where a street address is required; provided, however, an applicant may identify and designate on his application a post office box address as the address to which he prefers correspondence to be mailed. (B) Investigation. The Department shall refer the application for a license to Metro for an investigation. Upon completion of the investigation, the City Council shall approve, deny or take such other action with respect to the application as it considers appropriate. The City Council may deny a license for good cause which shall include without limitation the grounds provided in LVMC 6.02.090(A). (Ord. 5998 § 118, 2008: Ord. 3632 §§ 1 (part), 7, 8, 1992)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.57.060 License—Fee.

6.57.060 - License—Fee. Each outcall entertainment referral service must pay in advance a semiannual license fee of one thousand dollars or one percent of the total amount of its gross revenues, whichever is greater. (Ord. 3632 §§ 1 (part), 11, 1992)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.57.065 License—Business location.

6.57.065 - License—Business location. No license for an outcall entertainment referral service may be issued unless the business has a fixed location: (A) From which the business will actually be conducted; and (B) Which is properly zoned to allow the use. (Ord. 5309 §§ 1, 2, 2001)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.57.070 Licensee—Discipline.

6.57.070 - Licensee—Discipline. In addition to the grounds provided in LVMC 6.02.330, an outcall entertainment referral service licensee may be disciplined if an outcall entertainer who is employed by or referred to a patron by the referral service has committed a criminal act while providing entertainment to a patron under circumstances where the referral service has knowledge or should have had knowledge by reasonable diligence that such a criminal act might occur. (Ord. 3632 §§ 1 (part), 9, 1992)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.57.080 Licensee—Hiring restrictions.

6.57.080 - Licensee—Hiring restrictions. It is unlawful for any outcall entertainment referral service to employ or refer to a patron an outcall entertainer who: (A) Is less than eighteen years of age; (B) Does not have in his possession a valid unexpired work card as required by this Chapter. (Ord. 3632 §§ 1 (part), 10, 1992)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.57.090 Licensee—Work cards—Application.

6.57.090 - Licensee—Work cards—Application. (A) No person may be employed as an outcall entertainer without first obtaining and thereafter maintaining a valid unexpired work card. (B) Any person who is required by the provisions of this Chapter to obtain a work card must apply for such work card pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 6.86 of this Code. (Ord. 3632 §§ 1 (part), 12, 13, 1992)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.57.100 Licensee—Work cards—Employee discipline.

6.57.100 - Licensee—Work cards—Employee discipline. In addition to the grounds provided in LVMC 6.86.110, an outcall entertainment work card may be denied or an entertainer disciplined if the applicant or entertainer: (A) Has been convicted of a crime of prostitution or any other crime of sexual misconduct; (B) Has committed a criminal act while providing services to a patron; or (C) Is less than eighteen years of age. (Ord. 3632 §§ 1 (part), 14, 1992)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.57.110 Employees—Hiring restrictions.

6.57.110 - Employees—Hiring restrictions. No entertainer shall: (A) Provide to a patron entertainment which may contribute to the delinquency of a minor if the patron is less than eighteen years of age; (B) Commit an act of prostitution; or (C) Solicit any fee, gratuity or tip from any patron in addition to the basic entertainment fee. (Ord. 3632 §§ 1 (part), 16, 1992)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.57.120 Employees—Record keeping.

6.57.120 - Employees—Record keeping. (A) Every outcall entertainment referral service and every outcall entertainer shall maintain in a ledger accurate and detailed records of all entertainment referrals and visits to entertainment locations. (B) The records shall include: (1) The date of the referral and visit; (2) The name, if any, address and room number, if applicable, of the entertainment location where the visit was made; (3) The type of entertainment performed; (4) The name of the patron who was entertained; provided, however, that if there was more than one patron entertained, only the name of the patron who paid the fee to the outcall entertainer need be recorded in the ledger; (5) The amount of money the entertainment cost the patron; and (6) Any special terms or conditions relating to the services performed. (C) Each outcall entertainment referral service shall upon request by the director make its ledger available to the Department for inspection. (D) Each outcall entertainer shall upon request by the Director make his ledger available to the Department for inspection. (Ord. 3632 §§ 1 (part), 17, 1992)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.57.130 Managers—Hiring restrictions.

6.57.130 - Managers—Hiring restrictions. No person shall engage in the business of outcall entertainment referral service as a manager without first being approved for suitability pursuant to this Chapter and this Code. (Ord. 3632 §§ 1 (part), 18, 1992)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.57.140 Managers—Application—Investigation.

6.57.140 - Managers—Application—Investigation. (A) Application. (1) Any person who is required by the provisions of this Chapter to be investigated as a manager shall file an application with the Department and pay an investigation fee pursuant to Chapter 6.06 of this Code. (2) The application must be made upon forms provided by the Department and shall include the information required. (3) A post office box is unacceptable as a street address where a street address is required; provided, however, an applicant may identify and designate on his application a post office box address as the address to which he prefers correspondence to be mailed. (B) Investigation. The Department shall refer the application to the Police Department for an investigation. Upon completion of the investigation, the City Council shall approve, deny or take such other action with respect to the application as it considers appropriate. The Council may deny approval for suitability for good cause which shall include without limitation the grounds provided in LVMC 6.02.090(A). (Ord. 3632 §§ 1 (part), 19, 20, 1992)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.57.150 Managers—Presence on premises required.

6.57.150 - Managers—Presence on premises required. Other than the sole proprietor of an outcall entertainment referral service who acts as his own manager, no licensee shall maintain a referral service or refer entertainers to entertainment locations unless at least one manager remains on the premises and oversees the operation of the referral service at all times during which the operation is open. (Ord. 3632 §§ 1 (part), 21, 1992)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.57.160 Managers—Termination.

6.57.160 - Managers—Termination. Upon termination of employment of a manager with an outcall entertainment referral service, the referral service shall notify the Department in writing of such termination within ten days thereof. (Ord. 3632 §§ 1 (part), 22, 1992)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.57.170 Managers—Record keeping.

6.57.170 - Managers—Record keeping. Every outcall entertainment referral service shall maintain records of the dates on which a manager's employment commenced and on which his employment terminated. (Ord. 3632 §§ 1 (part), 23, 1992)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.57.180 Advertising.

6.57.180 - Advertising. (A) No person shall advertise or cause to be advertised an outcall entertainment referral service without first obtaining and thereafter maintaining a valid unexpired license pursuant to this Chapter and this Code (B) No licensee, manager or employee of an outcall entertainment referral service and no entertainer shall, in any manner, either directly or indirectly: (1) Advertise, display or disseminate: (a) In any newspaper, magazine or other publication, or (b) By radio or television broadcasting, or (c) By telephone, or (d) By handbill, pictorial representation or other advertising any information or illustrations or pictures of any person or object that contain any statement which implies or suggests to a reasonable, prudent person or would give the public a basis to infer or believe that prostitution or any other illegal act, product or service is offered or provided by the referral service or the entertainer; (2) Advertise in any manner set forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection any statement which implies or suggests to a reasonable, prudent person or would give to the public a basis to infer or believe that outcall entertainers have been medically examined and are free from contagious diseases. (Ord. 3632 §§ 1 (part), 24, 25, 1992)

Las Vegas Municipal Code § 6.57.190 Violation—Penalty.

6.57.190 - Violation—Penalty. Whenever in this Chapter any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, or whenever in this Chapter the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, the doing of such prohibited act or the failure to do any such required act shall constitute a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or by any combination of such fine and imprisonment. Any day of any violation of this Chapter shall constitute a separate offense. (Ord. 3632 §§ 1 (part), 27, 1992)

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